Janis Carter

Acting

Born Oct 10, 1913

From Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Died Jul 30, 1994

Janis Carter (October 10, 1913 — July 30, 1994) was a film and television actress working in the 1940s and 1950s. After attending Mather College in Cleveland, Ohio, Carter headed to New York in an attempt to start an opera career. Although unsuccessful in opera, she was working on Broadway where she was spotted on stage by Darryl F. Zanuck who signed her to a movie deal. Carter, after moving to Hollywood, appeared in over 30 films beginning in 1941 for 20th Century Fox, MGM, Columbia, and RKO. She appeared in the films Night Editor (1946) and Framed (1947) with Glenn Ford and the Flying Leathernecks (1951) with John Wayne. After leaving Los Angeles, Carter returned to New York and found work in television in comedies, dramas, and as hostess for the quiz show Feather Your Nest, opposite Bud Collyer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Janis Carter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Janis Carter

Known For

Flying Leathernecks

Framed

Lady of Burlesque

A Thousand and One Nights

One Mysterious Night

The Power of the Whistler

I Love Trouble

The Notorious Lone Wolf

Miss Grant Takes Richmond

The Woman on Pier 13

Filmography — Acting

Flying Leathernecks

Framed

Lady of Burlesque

A Thousand and One Nights

One Mysterious Night

The Power of the Whistler

I Love Trouble

The Notorious Lone Wolf

Miss Grant Takes Richmond

The Woman on Pier 13

The Mark of the Whistler

A Woman of Distinction

Slightly French

Cadet Girl

The Missing Juror

Thunder Birds

Just Off Broadway

I Married an Angel

The Half-Breed

That Other Woman

My Forbidden Past

Santa Fe

And Baby Makes Three

Who Is Hope Schuyler?

Night Editor

The Girl in the Case

One Way to Love

The Ghost That Walks Alone

Secret Agent of Japan

The Fighting Guardsman

Swing Out the Blues

The Sergeant and the Spy